So I probably have been overly cautious with Nika ever since day two, which I think has actually turned out for the best because she always exceeds my expectations! and her behavior is always way better than I expect too!
So probably three or four weeks ago she really started flying, even though she has been flying periodically (after much consideration each time) for three months or more. I had tried three months ago to have her recall to my hand maybe a six inch gap but her fear resulted in quite a few fear bites (not wounds, but definite bites)! So I stopped trying for a long while. I started to target her from my hand onto her play perch, probably a couple feet and did very minor attempts to get her to recall onto my hand from her perch, maybe a foot. However just today I started real recall flight training and she excelled!!! Her confidence and skill is remarkable for a parrot who may have been clipped for years. We probably went from four feet to ten feet away! She did so wonderfully in both directions, to my hand and back!
She's really shaped up with serious behavioral training and a fairly strict routine. She is extremely treat oriented and does pretty well with a lot of training. She does take a long while to catch on though, but that could be because she probably hasn't had no training until she turned six and met me.
Yay!